Prayer Requests

Have you noticed it? Journey has a small prayer board located on the right side of the worship stage. It is next to the Tide Jug where we collect pocket change (average $125 weekly) for one-time-give-away people needs in the community. The prayer board  (about the size of 3-ring notebook)  has clothespins to hang your post-it note with a prayer request. We invite anyone to leave your prayer concern on the board.

Journey staff, elders, and lead team pray for these prayer requests each week. Monday morning I noticed a prayer request for school finals and summer jobs. Clearly someone is hoping to finish their semester strong; finding temporary, summer employment before the start of fall semester. We find every variety of prayer request you can imagine. All people are in different stages of life at Journey Church Cynthiana.

Our audience is diverse with many age groups. We’re not a senior adult audience, dominantly. I imagine we’re about 25%; all ages represented across the board. 25% Adults, 25% young adults, 25% teens, and 25% children are represented weekly. This means everyone is going through different stages of life at any given time inside Journey Church.

This weekend we pick up where we left off last weekend in our current series, More, God is more than enough. We are reading together from Ezra the picture of Israel, God’s family in the Old Testament being released as prisoners in Babylon and regrouping in Jerusalem; restoring and rebuilding the Temple for worship and city walls for protection.

Last weekend the take-away was bravery is needed whenever STARTING OVER from any project in life. In this weeks episode (Ezra 4-6) we’ll explore together God is faithful during all stages of life. If you are facing finals this message is for YOU. If you are starting a new job be sure and check things out at Journey Sat@6pm/Sun@10:30am.

If you’re engaged, married, divorced and single, widowed and alone, or a kid trying to learn how to tie your shoes, finding God’ encouraging words during new stages of life is vital. What do people do without God? Good question!

When the ground suddenly shifts around us, during critical stages of life, when circumstances jolt us, knowing God is faithful really matters. Join us in person and online. Bring a friend to the conversation. We all could use a little church and prayer right now!

Today, Thursday - May 1, National Day of Prayer. Say a few words today for our nation, leaders, families, and for YOU. Go God!     

“If my people, who are called by my name, will humble themselves and pray and seek my face and turn from their wicked ways, then I will hear from heaven, and I will forgive their sin and will heal their land.”

2 Chronicles 7:14 NIV